By Dennis Mitchell, with review and editing from Gordon Strong The BJCP receives many questions about judging practices and correct usage of the style guidelines. Sometimes, these questions are sent […]
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FAQ: Entering Sour Fruit Beers
By Gordon Strong Several people have been confused by the Entry Instructions in Style 29A (Fruit Beer) in the 2015 BJCP Style Guidelines. Those instructions say: This leads to questions […]
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Member Recap of Final Round Judging
Article and Photos by Gary Morgan, Certified Judge The tables were set and the judges were gathered to evaluate over 1000 of the best home brews of the year. Not only […]
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Member Recap of BJCP Exams at HomebrewCon
Article by Kathy Yan Li, Certified Judge Photos courtesy of Jeff Sanders, Certified Judge Homebrew Con. Possibly the best conference to be at. Great people. Better beer. And all the exams you can […]
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The Role of Retro-nasal Receptors in Tasting and Evaluating Beer
By Andrew Luberto, Master Judge This article is available as a PDF download: The Role of Retro-nasal Receptors in Tasting and Evaluating Beer Recently, I spoke by phone with Dr. Avery Gilbert, […]
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Judging C2: Specialty Cider and Perry
Editor’s Note: This article has been replaced by Evaluating Cider by Styles and General Judging Tips For convenience, we’ve created a collection of all current cider articles by this author. […]
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2016 BJCP Judges Reception Recap
Article by Toby Guidry, Certified Judge and Assistant Communication Director Photos courtesy of Jeff Sanders, Certified Judge Videos of the reception presentations can be accessed via our YouTube Playlist. Opening […]
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National and Master Advancements Summer 2016
Each BJCP Bulletin will recognize judges who have advanced to national or master rank since the last publication. This installment recognizes advancements from roughly May 2016 through early September 2016. Congratulations! […]
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Recap of Not Just for Judges: How to Train Judges, Brewers and Tasting Gurus at the Same Time
By Toby Guidry, Certified Judge and Assistant Communication Director Bruce Buerger and Brian Joas were introduced by Susan Ruud. Both have been doing judge training for the past 4 years […]
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2015 BJCP Annual Report
Click on the sections below to read each section of the 2015 Annual Report. A PDF version of the report can be accessed here: 2015 Annual Report.
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